Wondering how to use Gruesome in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as ghastly or grim.
Gruesome meaning
- Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
- Awful, terrible.
- Of a person: filled with fear; afraid, fearful.
Using Gruesome
- The main meaning on this page is: Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific. | Awful, terrible. | Of a person: filled with fear; afraid, fearful.
- Useful related words include: ghastly, grim, grisly, macabre.
- In the example corpus, gruesome often appears in combinations such as: the gruesome, gruesome murder, of gruesome.
Context around Gruesome
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gruesome
- In this selection, "gruesome" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suffers, similarly, fairly, details, skull and demon stand out and add context to how "gruesome" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fairly gruesome backstory and boasts a gruesome skull and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gruesome" sits close to words such as ambient, arraigned and barracks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gruesome
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And even its inventors had a fairly gruesome backstory. (9 words)
Gruesome dissections and stabbings are framed in arresting tableaux of lifeless youth. (12 words)
Hamas slaughtered 1200 innocent, men women, children, infants, in the most horrific gruesome manner. (14 words)
Adds Sue Deeks, head of program acquisition for the BBC: “In the U.K. we learn about William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and King Harold’s gruesome death in our school history lessons – but those headlines are all most of us can remember. (45 words)
There was this really twisted collection of children's poetry called Beastly Boys & Ghastly Girls, it was like cautionary tales that were really gruesome, not acceptable by today's standards, but they stuck with me and I've written some gruesome poetry. (42 words)
Given out background knowledge of Poe's life and authorship, the viewer is forced to ponder a dark question; could the author who wrote such twisted revenge fantasies be capable of the same gruesome crimes that he's depicted? (39 words)
Given out background knowledge of Poe's life and authorship, the viewer is forced to ponder a dark question; could the author who wrote such twisted revenge fantasies be capable of the same gruesome crimes that he's depicted? (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gruesome details of Delphi double murders revealed in courtThe public heard for the first time gruesome details of the murder of Abby Williams and Libby German as the trial of Richard Allen began Friday.
The pommel boasts a gruesome skull, and its guard displays a gruesome demon head on either side.
There was this really twisted collection of children's poetry called Beastly Boys & Ghastly Girls, it was like cautionary tales that were really gruesome, not acceptable by today's standards, but they stuck with me and I've written some gruesome poetry.
Alex Smith suffers gruesome leg injury on the 33rd anniversary of Joe Theismann’s similarly gruesome injuryThe veteran quarterback is unlikely to return to Sunday’s game.
A Catholic bishop has condemned the “gruesome” assasination of Gov. Roel Degamo of Negros Oriental and five others on Saturday.
Adds Sue Deeks, head of program acquisition for the BBC: “In the U.K. we learn about William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and King Harold’s gruesome death in our school history lessons – but those headlines are all most of us can remember.
A different, more stylish, and gruesome version of Jotaro and the gang’s track across Egypt can amuse both seasoned fans and newcomers to the franchise.
And even its inventors had a fairly gruesome backstory.
A particular formula – tongue-in-cheek comedy mixed with gruesome, sometimes slapstick, deaths – gained the franchise a cult fanbase that is still going strong.
A single glance at a key moment or a hesitance in a crucial conversation can carry just as much weight as some of the more gruesome elements sprinkled throughout.
Despite the win it was not all smiles for the Wolverines as offensive linesman Zak Zinter was carted off after suffering an injury so gruesome the FOX broadcast refused to show a replay.
During 's release, audiences (and a lot of critics) were in the mood for the friendly breed of aliens that helped popularize, and Carpenter's gruesome, aggressive monster movie was attacked for being the antithesis of this.
Earlier this month a woman was mauled by a great white shark twice in a gruesome attack in front of horrified beachgoers.
Fans shouldn't be surprised when a series named is full of blood, gore, and other forms of gruesome imagery.
Following several phone calls with Candy, Allan's neighbors told him of the gruesome discovery that his beloved wife was dead.
Given out background knowledge of Poe's life and authorship, the viewer is forced to ponder a dark question; could the author who wrote such twisted revenge fantasies be capable of the same gruesome crimes that he's depicted?
Gov. Gruesome was born with a silver spoon in his posterior, dorsal, orifice who believes he is a kings patrician who can demand that you do everything he pronounces.
Gruesome dissections and stabbings are framed in arresting tableaux of lifeless youth.
Hamas slaughtered 1200 innocent, men women, children, infants, in the most horrific gruesome manner.
He lost the woman he loved, Casca, to a gruesome fate, as well as experienced betrayal and pain in his relationships.
Common combinations with gruesome
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gruesome 54×
- gruesome murder 16×
- of gruesome 12×
- and gruesome 9×
- gruesome discovery 8×
- gruesome and 8×
- most gruesome 8×
- gruesome death 7×
- in gruesome 6×
- with gruesome 5×